"At the beginning of this genre, especially the blues, the impact was huge, as we know, a real revolution on many levels, and the deep meaning of a music whose roots were involved in slavery during 200 years, is unrivalled in the history of human species."

"The blues is a very unique form, perhaps due to the deep history of racial divide, which also enables people to come together and have mutual respect. That’s why I adore blues and roots, as I have experienced myself the power of music and how it helps society and cultures become better."…

"The main reason is that all the best stuff happened in the 1960s and 1970s. It was stimulating to live through it and see everything unfold. It’s another thing altogether to read them for the first time now and try to appreciate that excitement."

"It (Blues) was part of the folk oral tradition. But they turned their backs on the Blues, long ago. The Blues seems to be too low class and to carry a message from the segregation days no one wants to listen to."

"I'm not afraid for the future because there is no future, only the present exists. My hope is that in this eternal present the consciences of everyone could be released and reunited. Only then can the future exist."

"I believe that when humans first found expression in music, melancholia has always been around in the earliest music forms. And these forms, be they from India or Africa or China or elsewhere, predated blues music by literally, thousands of years."

"There are indeed some lines that connect Blues from US to Romania. In what we call old traditional Romanian music we really have similarities: message, rhythm, balance, somehow the same story of people bondage."

"Music is music. It’s possible to over-think these things. It can make a political point, or help to bridge gaps between peoples’ experiences, but fundamentally its entertainment and first of all it exists to make people tap their feet. The rest is incidental."